Students can communicate at a foundational level in the visual arts. This includes knowledge and skills in the use of basic vocabularies, materials, tools, techniques, and intellectual methods of the discipline.

Students can communicate proficiently in at least one art form, including the ability to define and solve artistic problems with insight, reason, and technical proficiency.

Students can develop foundational evaluations and analyses of works of art from structural, historical, and cultural perspectives.

Students can develop an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods, and a basic understanding of historical development in the arts disciplines, across the arts as a whole, and within cultures.

Effective Components of an Educational Studio Program

Demonstrations of artistic techniques and uses of media

Opportunities for practice, experimentation, and refinement based on effective feedback

Support for divergent thinking and multiple learning outcomes

A rich and robust variety of visual references

A variety of critique and response formats

Introductions to and expectations for use of appropriate art vocabulary

Connections among artists, careers, and art in everyday life and communities

An organizational system for storage and disbursement of materials and tools